Improvement in wardrobes



UNITED STATES ANNA DAVIS, OF RENO, NEVADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,370, dated October31, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA DAVS, of Reno, county of Washoe and State ofNevada,have invented an Improved Wardrobe; and I do hereby declare thefollowing description and accompanying drawing are suiicient to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearlyappertains to make and use my said invention or improvements withoutfurther invention or experiment.

My invention relates to a simple, convenient, and cheap wardrobe, whichcan, if desired, be folded into a small compass and stowed away in atrunk as baggage.

In use it also presents many advantages over ordinary wardrobes, as itcan be hung up anywhere on a wall or in a closet and be a perfectprotector of whatever is placed in it.

In order to explain my invention so that others can understand the same,reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which- A A are two light frames, which may be made ofmetal or other material and of any desired shape or size. These fram esare hin ged together at one side, so as to open from the opposite sideand form, when closed, a double frame. Extend ing from end to end andfrom side to side of each of these frames are rods or bars b, which arebent so as to form a concave skeleton-frame of each, `as shown, so thatwhen the two are closed they will have the appearance of the skeleton ofa large porte-monnaie. The outside of these frames can then be coveredwith cloth, leather, or other suitable material, m, so as to form areceptacle for the clothing. To the upper cross-bars b, inside of thewardrobe, are fixed small hooks, c c, upon which the clothing is hung.To the upper end of each of the sides of this wardrobe is secured aneye, d, by means of which the wardrobe is suspended from a wall by meansof my wardrobe-bracket. This bracket consists of two arms, e e, havinghooks f at their extremity, while the opposite ends are hinged to ashort arm, g. The arm g has a pintle, h, which enters a socket, i, inthe plate j. The plate j is to be secured to the walls by screws orotherwise, and the bracket attached by inserting the pintle h in thesocket. The hooks f at the extremity of the hinged arms e e are theninserted in the eyes d of the frames A, so as to suspend the frames orwardrobe from the bracket. When it is desired to open the wardrobe itcan readily be donc, as the arms e will open with the sides or framesand support them at all times.

Having Vthus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The folding wardrobe, consisting of the frames A A, ribs b, and cover m,hinged together as described,in colnbination with a swiveling-brackethaving hinged arms c e, substantially as and for the purpose abovedescribed. c

In witness that the above-described invention is claimed by me I havehereunto set my hand and seal.

ANNA DAVIS. [L s.] Witnesses:

ISAAC BARNETT, JAcoB GRAFF. (62)

